BlueTo: A Location-Based Service for M-government Solutions        

Carcillo, F., Marcellin, L., and Tringale, A.  

The aim of this project, called BlueTo, developed by CSP – ICT Innovation and the City of Torino with the support of FuturLink, is to deploy a location-based m-government solution delivering digital content previously distributed by the Public Administration on traditional media. The solution, based on Bluetooth technology, provides inherent located content to citizens and tourists. The core of the project was to test a methodology to ensure a successful transition to a m-government model. This was done exploiting the opportunities offered by new mobile technologies in order to better correspond the government aim of improving efficient, effective and transparent solutions. BlueTo model is described starting from both the back office functionalities as well as the front end features. The solution was optimized considering the editorial staff requirements collected during the analysis phase as well as the final users needs emerged  in a new context of use such as the one characterizing the location-based services.

Keywords: Location-based Services, Information Applications, Bluetooth, Digital Multimedia content, Mobile Phones, M-Government solutions, Content Management.